Some folks are breaking it down.
In the last bread, Anons.
That whole thing was strange. Investors that should have been paid, no matter what, didn't but monies were funneled back to unions.
Hate on GHWB all you want, but when industry came hat-in-hand asking government for a boo$t to combat Japanese advances in HD, Bush told them to get out of the business if they couldn't compete. Barry handed over fat ca$h to save GM.
Over 100 years ago, before the nanny state, you had to have a relative sign off that you would not be on the dole, or get in trouble with the law. If you did, both of you got thrown out.